Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

We Are the Light by Matthew Quick

59 reviews

gondorgirl's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail

melodic37's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

caseyc0rnish's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence

girrllie's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Beautiful and sad. If you’re sensitive, be careful. It gave me nightmares. But Jung would say, “Let’s take at look at them.“

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Suicide, Grief, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Toxic relationship

emviolet's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This is difficult to give a star rating. In terms of quality of writing, I thought it was good. There was a lot of symbolism and research into Jungian psychology. It was well written. It was overall approachable in tone. 

But in terms of the story itself…I just wasn’t entirely invested. There was a certain distance between the reader and the story. Maybe that was purposeful. I had trouble feeling connected with the characters and their pain even though it was a very sad book. I think I’d probably give it a 4 for quality of writing but more like a 2.5 for my attachment to the story, so maybe a 3 overall is good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gun violence

brynstonehouse's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

As a therapist myself, this book was initially a struggle to read. Especially as it reminded me of some of my previous highly codependent clients. But the last 50ish pages really turn it around and redeemed that aspect of the book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

shyleek's review

challenging emotional reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I have to admit that the writing style threw me for a loop and I didn't know how I was going to feel about it. The more I read though, the more I wanted to read. 

This book deals with some deep concepts including loss, grief, healing, and family trauma just to name a few. It will take you on an emotional roller coaster but it is worth the read. 

There are some big triggers including murder and gun violence. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

laura_berger's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

myinfinitetbr's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense slow-paced

4.5

 Lucas lives in Majestic, PA, a town recovering from a recent tragedy. Townspeople call Lucas a hero, but he doesn't see it that way.
Everyone's healing (or not) in different ways. Lucas looks forward to nightly visits from his deceased wife, and writes letters to his Jungian analyst Karl.

I wasn't expecting this small book to pack such an emotional punch. I loved that it was written in the form of unanswered letters from Lucas to Karl in the wake of this town tragedy, slowly unveiling the tragedy itself and its aftermath.

It was such a timely story, and exemplified an alternate way to heal through grief and come together in situations that are often divisive. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicide, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

lindseygilger's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gun violence, Suicide, Stalking, and Murder